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June 30, 2026 at 11:48 UTC
Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History
By Associated Press
AI Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Chatrie case that cellphone location history obtained via geofence warrants is protected by the Fourth Amendment, requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before requesting such data. While the ruling stops short of declaring all geofence warrants unconstitutional, it significantly restricts a surveillance technique used in hundreds of criminal investigations and has direct implications for digital privacy law.
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